Colotis regina

Queen purple tip

At uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. regina
Binomial name
*Colotis regina* (Trimen, 1863)
Synonyms
Anthocharis regina Trimen, 1863 Colotis (Colotis) regina Teracolus regina louisa Suffert, 1904 Teracolus regina ab. flavimacula Aurivillius, 1910

Colotis regina, the queen purple tip, regal purple tip, or large violet tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 45–62 mm. The adults fly year-round.^[1]

The larvae feed on Boscia and Capparis species.^[1]

References

1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 17

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